California's Carbon Beach is the world's most expensive sandbox. Subdivided by Malibu's founding family, the Rindges, in the 1930s, Carbon now commands upward of $200,000 per foot of beachfront. The draw for Hollywood's power players? It's the city's deepest, driest strip of sand and less than 20 miles from Tinseltown.

"Carbon Beach is home to the people who write the checks in Hollywood," says Stephen Shapiro of Westside Estate Agency. And the beach has public access, so go hang ten--ten figures.

Carbon Beach, comprised of about 70 lots, stretches slightly less than a mile and a half along Pacific Coast Highway. Here’s a rundown of some of its richest residents.

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Owner: Joel Silver, film producer

Purchase price: $14.4 million (2003)

The digs: The Matrix producer owns a 5,860-square-foot spread built in 1932, with a billiards room, 2 offices, a gym, a pool with 2 spas and a tennis court.